He's Brazillian :zubi: In all honesty thats the question I am asking aswell, its not like he is head and shoulders above Bartra who knows the system and constantly gives it his all. Why take a gamble on him and make him an undisputed starter we know he will be beacuse of his price tag instead of...
Samper isn't ready yet. He needs to get a constant spot in the B-team to develop before he can come into games like that. Or did you mean easy enough not to cripple our midfield?
Not even Thiago. Currently only 3 players I have seen that have similar qualities to Xavi and we at least have one of em. Those three are Gundongan, Oliver Torres and Wilfred Kaptoum although the latter two are too young and unpolished while the former has a career threatening injury. For now...
Plus we never truly tried a hybrid double pivot with Busi taking up a little more attacking responsibilities that Xavi currently has while sharing the defensive responsibilities with another WC DM like Masch. It could be our go to plan for tough away games or against teams with intense pressing...
Don't worry we are getting him for the RW role. Alexis will be our RB, when Alves plays he already is our RB so he is used to the role :VdB:
Only at Barca can a backup GK be bought for more than the 1st choice
We can easily rotate with both Busi and Masch and not lose quality instead we would just be swapping traits e.g tactical positioning for ball stealing / attack breaking tackles
One played against Di Maria, Ronaldo, Bale, Turan, Costa and co while the other was playing substitute in the French League. Its a considerable difference in quality of the opponent